Swara Bhaskar slams Article 377
Swara Bhaskar of Tanu Weds Manu fame has come out in the support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (lGBT) community by slamming the controversial Article 377 of the constitution terming it ‘shameful.’ “It’s a shameful matter that in a democracy like ours, there is a law like Article 377 which criminalises a community who are part of us and part of the country, and their acts. It’s saddening,” said Swara. She was present at a discussion on homosexuality as part of the film, Timeout which is based on this theme. “It’s really important that laws change. It’s not okay to have a law which criminalises homosexuality or unnatural sex or whatever weird language it’s put in. You’re making not just gay people but even heterosexuals are vulnerable at the hands of the agents of the state like the police,” she said.
I’ve never had the chance to work with big directors. I’ve built my career on first-time directors. Every hit film that I have done in my career has been made by a first-time director. Whenever I have worked with established directors, those films have not worked
IMRAN KHAN
Actor-singer Priyanka Chopra, Monica Dogra of Shaa’ir and Func fame and three other Indian artists have been nominated by VH1 at the 2015 Europe Music Awards under the Best India Act category, which falls under the Worldwide Act category. The Worldwide Act is a global category where the best talent is picked from across continents.
Fans decide the best winning talent from among all the nominees through votes, read a statement.
]The other Indian acts to be nominated for the award are Indus Creed, Your Chin and The Ska Vengers.
Joseph Gordon-levitt’s spy fears
Joseph Gordon-levitt, who portrays EdwardSnowden in forthcoming movie Snowden, is worried about the government spying on him. Edward Snowden is the person who leaked classified National Security Association (NSA) information in 2013. The 34-year-old actor keeps the webcam on his computer covered up, but insists he isn’t ‘paranoid’ as the ‘extreme’ situation is ‘real.’
“It’s not paranoia. It’s just a fact that right now the US government is able to see anything it wants to see in regard to anything digital. Some of the stuff starts to sound paranoid because it’s so extreme, but it’s real. The government could be listening to us right now in this hotel room if it wanted to (through my phone),” Gordon-levitt said.